Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw explained

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, had an entry list of 23 competitors, with two qualifying groups (23 throwers) before the final (15) took place on Saturday Monday 26, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 79.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on Sunday 25, 1976.^[1]

The winning margin was 6.66 metres which as of June 2024 remains the only time the men's javelin was won by more than six metres at the Olympics or the World Athletics Championships.

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
		94.08 m	May 5, 1973	Leverkusen, West Germany
		90.48 m	September 3, 1972	Munich, West Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		89.76	-	-	89.76 m
2	2		89.28	-	-	89.28 m
3	6		83.84	-	-	83.84 m
4	7		82.56	-	-	82.56 m
5	8		75.98	78.28	82.54	82.54 m
6	9		82.52	-	-	82.52 m
7	10		82.08	-	-	82.08 m
8	14		80.28	-	-	80.28 m
9	16		79.38	-	-	79.38 m
10	19		77.60	77.18	70.06	77.60 m
11	20		73.54	77.48	75.76	77.48 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	3		87.76	-	-	87.76 m
2	4		72.28	71.74	86.64	86.64 m
3	5		85.68	-	-	85.68 m
4	10		82.08	-	-	82.08 m
5	12		75.66	80.84	-	80.84 m
6	13		73.74	80.32	-	80.32 m
7	15		79.56	-	-	79.56 m
8	17		74.76	78.40	70.10	78.40 m
9	18		X	78.32	64.96	78.32 m
10	21		72.78	71.90	X	72.78 m
11	22		X	54.92	53.90	54.92 m
-	-		X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		94.58	-	-	83.32	84.76	86.84	94.58 m	WR
		87.92	X	86.58	X	X	80.92	87.92 m
		87.16	83.16	82.92	82.10	X	X	87.16 m
4		X	77.90	86.50	81.00	82.28	82.94	86.50 m
5		77.70	85.08	86.16	X	X	X	86.16 m
6		85.26	X	77.06	X	78.32	82.50	85.26 m
7		83.46	83.92	84.26	X	X	X	84.26 m
8		79.74	77.58	73.76	74.00	X	80.26	80.26 m
9		78.44	X	79.06				79.06 m
10		78.24	X	76.48				78.24 m
11		X	X	77.70				77.70 m
12		71.30	X	75.54				75.54 m
13		X	73.24	74.88				74.88 m
14		73.16	X	73.88				73.88 m
15		X	68.92	71.70				71.70 m
-		-	-	-				DNS

External links

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175047/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ATH/mens-javelin-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.